Alone (Teasdale, set by (Ernst Bacon, Scott Gendel, Bain Murray)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Alone

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give --
In spite of all your tenderness,
Sometimes I am not glad to live.

I am alone, as though I stood
On the highest peak of the tired gray world,
About me only swirling snow,
Above me, endless space unfurled;

With earth hidden and heaven hidden,
And only my own spirit's pride
To keep me from the peace of those
Who are not lonely, having died.

Authorship

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Alone", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Alone" [voice and piano] [
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by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Alone", 2011 [voice and piano], from My Songs Do Not Belong To Me, no. 4. [
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by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "Alone", published 1974 [soprano and piano], from Flame and Shadow [
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 80